Shaun Ryder

When the Happy Mondays started I was like the dad of the band.

— Shaun Ryder

I didn't think I'd ever follow Bez on to a reality TV show. But it was brilliant for him winning 'Celebrity Big…

— Shaun Ryder

I'd love to see the Stone Roses do a show but it won't happen.

— Shaun Ryder

My dad loves it - being onstage - but I don't.

— Shaun Ryder

Kids now, they're not willing to pay for music and movies. The only thing they seem to be willing to pay for…

— Shaun Ryder

There were some great tunes played between '67 and '73. The Beatles were everywhere in those days, the most famous people in…

— Shaun Ryder

I'm not really good with hangovers.

— Shaun Ryder

I got tired of soundchecks. At first it was important. But after a while, there was no point in me doing one.

— Shaun Ryder

I was in the dentist's chair for 11 hours and now I've got a set of gleaming teeth.

— Shaun Ryder

I had Oliver Reed as a neighbor. He was always in the pub and despite his age, he always wanted to wrestle…

— Shaun Ryder

My mam collects everything to do with everything we've ever done. I don't remember us doing Happy Mondays underpants but my old…

— Shaun Ryder

I never talk about me mates behind their backs, you know. I might have a laugh, but whatever I say about them…

— Shaun Ryder

I know a lot of people in the music business who came from working-class backgrounds and they vote Tory.

— Shaun Ryder

My brain gets about 10 things going on at once and the wires don't connect. They all go, 'It's the drugs,' and…

— Shaun Ryder

I've got six kids from three mums.

— Shaun Ryder

Me and my dad have exactly the same head and nose.

— Shaun Ryder

Men don't have to grow up like women do. Women are expected to grow up with every year that passes. Men can…

— Shaun Ryder

My melons are twisted every bleeding morning at about half past five when I'm up with the little ones!

— Shaun Ryder

Good music always sticks around.

— Shaun Ryder

When you're a young rebellious kid, you think you can beat the system, and when you grow up you realize you can't.

— Shaun Ryder

When I was at school you never heard the word 'ADHD.' We didn't even hear 'dyslexic' at school. There was really nothing…

— Shaun Ryder

I'm more of a sea lion than a lion.

— Shaun Ryder

Tony Wilson once compared me to WB Yeats. It didn't really mean that much because I didn't have a clue who Yeats…

— Shaun Ryder

People always ask if I miss the drugs and the partying. I'm a 58-year-old man - no, I don't!

— Shaun Ryder

'Tiger King.' They are absolutely gone with the fairies, they're all absolutely raving out of the box, the lot of them. All…

— Shaun Ryder